Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings, With Selections from Traditional Commentaries by Zhuangzi & Brook Ziporyn

Author:Zhuangzi & Brook Ziporyn [Ziporyn, Brook]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 2009-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

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1 “Fate” is ming . See Glossary.

2 “Understanding” is zhi . See Glossary.

3 According to Guo Xiang, an ancient sage-king.

4 Cf. 2:17.

5 “Manifest in two ways at once” is liang xian . Cf. liang xing (Walking Two Roads) at 2:24.

6 According to the Gao You commentary to the Huainanzi, Rongcheng was the creator of the calendar in the time of the Yellow Emperor.

7 Zhi appears six times in this sentence. See Glossary.

8 A strange term, unattested elsewhere. Here, it seems to imply “words that cover the entire community of beings.”

9 “Weather” is qi . See Glossary.

10 “Guidelines” is li . See Glossary.

11 “Forces” is qi. See Glossary.

12 “Understanding” is zhi. See Glossary.

13 “How it fits together” is li. See Glossary.

14 According to the opening dialogue in chapter 17, these were stock propositions among the debaters of the time.

15 “The way they fit together” is li. See Glossary.

16 “Sense made” is li.

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